Flush-tank valve



- A. KOROPCZYK FLUSH TANK VALVE Filed llay 16, 1927 Patented June 25,1929. v

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.AIWJIOJSI' KOROPCZYK, OF NATRONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

FLUSH-TANK VALVE.

Application filed May' 16, 1927. Serial No. 191,850.

The present invention is directed to imthe link 11, the lower end ofsaid link being provements in flush tank valves. provided with an eye1L- for engagement 45 The primary object of the invention is to with thestem 7. By providing the stem provide a device of this cl'iaracter socon- 7 with the weight 8 it will be obvious that structed that thecontrolling valve will opcras soon as the control handle is released aleto close the discharge pipe without disthe weight will cause the valve 3to imcharging the entire contents ot the tank into m ediately seat uponthe upper end of the 50 the .1 b l pipe 2, and in this manner the amountof Another object of the invention to prowater discharged from the tankcan be con- 10 vide a device of this character so constructed venientlyregulated.

that it can be easily and conveniently in- Inl igure 3 the stem 13 isjtorn'ied from sec stalled upon tanks already in use, the contions letand 15, the latter section having a 55 struction being extremely simple,and conweigl'itlfi carried thereby and forming an sequent-1y can hemanutactured at a very integral part thereof for threaded engage- 15small cost. ment with the lower end of the sect-ion 14. \Vith these andother objects in View, this In this manner the sections 14.- and 15 canbe invention resides in the'novel features of readily disengaged, thuspermitting the sec- 60 construction,formation, combination and artion 14to be drawn through the eye 12 rangement of parts to be hereinafter moreof the arm 11. Since the arm 5 is removfully described, claimed andillustrated in able from the pipe 4;, the section 15 can he theaccompanying drawing, in which, lifted tl'lercwith, whereupon thesection 15 Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view can he slid throughthe guide 6 of the arm through a flush tank, showing the same uponremoval of the valve It will thus equipped with the device. be seen thatthe stem section 141- can be re- 25 Figure 2 is a perspective view otthe valve moved without opening or distorting the stem. eyes 7 and 12.The weight 16 not only serves Figure 3 is a fragmentary detail view 11function but also provides a relatively showing a modified form of theinvention. large and strong connection between the sec- Referring to thedrawing, 1 designates tions 1 1 and 15. 0 the flush water tank, 2 thedischarge pipe, Having thus described the invention, I

the upper end of which constitutes a seat claim: for the float valve 3,all of which are of the The combination with a flush tank having 7 usualconstruction. The pipe 2 as usual has a discharge pipe, a valve forcontrolling the connected thereto the overflow pipe 4:, to discharge ofwater through said pipe, a stem 35 which is secured an arm 5 having aguide 6 for the valve consisting of upper and lower in which slides thestem 7, the lower end sections, a weight formed integral upon the ofwhich is secured to the valve 8, the upper upper end of the lowersection, the upper end thereof being provided with an eye 7. sectionhaving its lower end threaded in This stem has fixed thereto a weight 8,the the weight and alined with the lower section, purpose of which willhe later explained. and l'neans for operating the stem.

Carried by the tank is a control handie In testimony whereof I allix mysignature. having an arm 10 fixed thereto, to the inner end of which ispivoted the upper end of AN TON KOROPCZYK. [n s]

